The People of Palau
The People of Palau
Palauan People
Population: 20,796 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 22.9% (male 2,458/female 2,314) 15-64 years: 70.8% (male 8,207/female 6,521) 65 years and over: 6.2% (male 401/female 895) (2009 est.)
Median age: total: 32.2 years male: 32 years female: 32.7 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.428% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.26 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.45 male(s)/female total population: 1.14 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.22 years male: 68.08 years female: 74.54 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan
Ethnic groups: Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Languages: Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.)